Queen's Regiment
[2] Regulars[2] Territorials[2] Volunteers[2] – had NATO roles and post 1975 Home Defence roles in addition, separate from the above Territorial battalions The deployment of the regiment's battalions was primarily to Northern Ireland on Operation Banner during The Troubles, taking part in anti-terrorist operations.[8] The Longest Stag, a recent publication, provides a very detailed account of The Queen's Regiment deployed to Northern Ireland over more than 30 years.The 3rd Battalion was posted to Cyprus as part of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNIFICYP), a force intended to prevent conflict from breaking out between Greek and Turkish Cypriots: the battalion returned to the United Kingdom in May 1973.[10] The 1st battalion moved to Gibraltar in 1985 for two years before returning to the United Kingdom (Tidworth) in 1987 where it was to remain until 1990.Whilst there, a company group were on immediate standby to fly to the Turks and Caicos Islands in deterrence to the unrest in July 1986.[11] In 1987 the battalion was deployed to Northern Ireland as a Spearhead unit on Operation Cara Cara, reinforcing existing Units as an incremental Battalion deploying to fifteen base locations across the province with the mission to protect RUC Police stations.From Cyprus the Battalion also deployed a reinforced company group for 5 months to the Falkland Islands and South Georgia.[8] The 2nd Battalion were deployed to Falkland Islands and South Georgia in 1985/1986 as part of the joint force garrison to deter an invasion from Argentina.In 1991 a reinforced infantry company group from the battalion returned to The Falkland Islands and South Georgia.